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UMBRELLA. A PPLIOATIO N FILED SEPT. 30, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. EBERLE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE PERFECTIONMANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

Application filed September 30, 1907. Serial No. 395,066.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. EBERLE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in umbrellas, the improvementbeing one more particularly intended for incorporation into wagonumbrellas.

The object of the invention is to so construct the notch ring and ribsor cover suporting rods of an umbrella that the ribs will be restrainedfrom moving laterally and also from u ward movement in the notch ringafter t e umbrella frame and cover have been distended, thereby avoidingundue play of the ribs when the frame, is opened and closed andpreventing the frame and cover from turning inside out.

Figure I is in part an elevation and in part a vertical section takenthrough my umbrella. Fig. II is an enlarged view showing fragments ofthe umbrella stick and ribs in elevation and the notch ring in verticalsection. Fig. III is an inverted lan view of the notch ring and part ofthe ri s of the umbrella laid in said ring but unsecured therein. Fig.IV is a cross section taken through the notch ring.

1 designates the stick of the umbrella, 2 the ribs or cover supportingrods, 3 the runner ring, 4 the stretchers or cover stretching rodsconnecting the ribs to the runner ring and 5 the cover of the umbrella.The parts just mentioned, aside from the ribs, may be of any ordinaryconstruction. Each of the ribs extends radially from the ring and isprovided at its inner end with an angular or U-shaped hook 2 that isproduced by bending the end portion of the rib at a right angle to thebody of the rib.

6 designates a notch ring that is provided with a plurality of angularor U-shaped sockets 7, the number of which corresponds to the number ofribs 2 and which sockets conform in shape to the shape of the angular orU-sha ed hooks of said ribs. Each socket 7 exten s radially and inwardlyfrom the edge of the ring and then at right angles to the socket 7 inthe plane of the ring or in a plane parallel to the lower face of thering and then in a direction parallel to the socket 7, outwardly to theedge of the ring. The notch ring is of a pliable material, for instanceof malleable iron. Projecting from the lower face of the ring adjacentto the lateral portions of the sockets 7 are s urs 8 which are adaptedto be bent across t e lateral ortions of the sockets and over the anguar hooks of the ribs 2, after said ribs have been laid in the sockets,whereby the hooks of the ribs are confined as illustrated in Fig. II.

The construction of the notch ring and the hooks upon the ribs providesfor the inner portions of the bodies .of the ribs being held fromlateral movement in the inwardly extending portions of the sockets 7 sothat the ribs are prevented from lateral movement when the umbrellaframe is distended and the laterally projecting portions of the hooks atthe inner ends of the ribs being closely yet movably retained in thelateral portions of the sockets, serve also to prevent lateral movementof the ribs and confine the ribs in such manner as to prevent the frameof the umbrella from turning inside out.

It is apparent that the stretchers may be connected to the runner ringin the same manner as the ribs are connected to the notch ring.

I claim:

1. An umbrella comprising a ring formed with an annular socket extendingradially and inwardly from the edge of the ring and then at right anglesthereto in the plane of the ring and with a spur, and a rod extendingradially of the ring and having an angular hook extending at rightangles to the ring so as to provide a hinge in connection with the s ur.

2. An umbrella comprising a ring formed with a U shaped socket extendingradially and inwardly from the edge of the ring, then at right anglesthereto in the plane of the rin and then in a direction parallel to thesoc ct outwardly to the edge of the ring and with a spur, and a rodextending radially of the ring and having a U shaped hook so as toprovide a hinge in connection with the spur.

, JOHN A. EBERLE. In presence of BLANCHE HOGAN, LILY Rosr.

